Interdisciplinary collaboration and research doesn’t mean passing the baton from one team to the next and leaving design as an afterthought. Instead, design and design research methods should be fully integrated from the start. By combining methods, new interdisciplinary methodologies can be developed.
Interaction design, which uses a systematic approach to design the parameters that frame the interactions between people, space and objects, plays an important role in bridging different research disciplines. In his presentation, Stefan Wölwer invites the audience to discuss prototypical research projects and results.
Stefan Wölwer
Professor for Interaction Design in Digital Environments
Stefan Wölwer began his higher education with a degree in Communication Design from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts HAWK in Hildesheim, Germany. He then went on to complete a Masters in Interaction Design at the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts at Middlesex University in London. After gaining practical experience working as a freelancer for various design agencies, Stefan co-founded and became creative director of the London-based interaction design agency Kibook in 1999. He held this position until 2011. During this time he also taught at universities across Europe. Since 2007, Stefan has been Professor of Interaction Design at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts HAWK in Hildesheim, Germany, where he oversees the Digital Environments study focus. He also conducts research in various interdisciplinary projects at the university, focusing on both interaction and service design.
